Interacting with Engineering and Industry, Using Instructional Technologies in Technical Communication Education
http://www.stc.org/ConfProceed/1997/PDFs/0035.pdf

Davis, Matjorie T., Helen M. Grady and David C. Leonard
STC Proceedings
1997

Abstract:

The evolving roles of technical communicators threaten the comfortable assumptions of many educators who see themselves as primarily writing teachers. These threats can become opportunities if we perceive ourselves as participants in the evolving paradigms. This new perception requires significant interaction with colleagues. As we start to see ourselves as collaborators at work, in education, across disciplines and boundaries, we can make larger contributions and can enjoy greater professional recognition. Technical communicators can be partners with engineering faculty in developing innovative curricula; can achieve educational objectives by becoming partners with industry and practitioners; and can lead the shift in education through instructional technology.